Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

J. Frank Turner (1844-1916)
MSA SC 3520-1567

Sources:


Primary sources -

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties) 1910-1951 MSA S 1179
Certificate of Death for J. Frank Turner, May 8, 1916


Books -

The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and District of Columbia.  Baltimore:  National Biographical Publishing, Co., 1879.
Page 268

Harrington, Norman.  Easton Album.  Easton, Md.:  Historical Society of Talbot County, 1985.
Excerpts

Preston, Dickson J.  Talbot County:  A History.  Centreville, Md.:  Tidewater Publishers, 1983.
Page 268

Secretary of State.  Maryland Manual 1901.  Baltimore:  Wm. J. C. Dulany Co., 1902.
p. 159.

Tilghman, Oswald.  History of Talbot County Maryland, 1661-1861.  Baltimore:  Williams & Wilkins Company, 1967.
Page 21

Weeks, Christopher.  Where Land and Water Intertwine:  An Architectural History of Talbot County, Maryland.  Maryland:  The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Excerpt

Wennersten, John R.  The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay.  Centreville, Md.:  Tidewater Publications, 1981.


Newspaper articles (in chronological order) -

"State Fishery Force."  The Evening Capital, 17 May 1884.

"Senator Gorman."  The Evening Capital, 22 May 1884.

"Review of the Oyster Navy."  The Evening Capital, 14 June 1884.

"Review of the Oyster Fleet."  The Evening Capital, 1 July 1884.

"Review of the Oyster Navy!"  The Evening Capital, 2 July 1884.

"State Oyster Navy."  The Evening Capital, 7 July 1884.

"The Pay of the Oyster Navy."  The Evening Capital, 11 July 1884.

"The Oyster Trade--The Outlook--The Supply, &c., &c."  The Evening Capital, 24 July 1884.

"A Payment on the Oyster Vessels." The Evening Capital, 1 August 1884.

"The New Oyster Steamers and their Coming Commanders."  The Evening Capital, 1 August 1884.

"The C. & O. Canal and the A. & E. Railroad.  The Evening Capital, 1 August 1884.

"State Fishery Force."  The Evening Capital, 6 August 1884.

"The Board of Public Works."  The Evening Capital, 7 August 1884.

"The Maryland Oyster Law."  The Evening Capital, 16 August 1884.

"Political Staws from all Over the State."   Easton Democrat, 2 July 1887.

"A Bit of Political History."  Easton Democrat, 2 July 1887.

"Local News."  Easton Democrat, 13 August 1887.

"Comptroller J. Frank Turner's fourth annual report."  The Evening Capital, 11 January 1888.

"Comptroller Turner."  The Evening Capital, 16 January 1888.

"Appeal Court Clerk: Unanimous Appointment of Mr. J. Frank Turner, Of Easton." The Baltimore Sun, 6 March 1901.

"The Governor and Attorney General are engaged in a wordy controversy with Mr. J. Frank Turner..."  The Laurel Leader, 4 June 1909.

"Death of J. Frank Turner."  Denton Journal, 13 May 1916.

"100 Years of Telephone History."  Activator 17 (Spring 1976), 8.

"Chesapeake's oyster reefs shellacked by years of dredging."  Bay Journal (June 2001) 8-10.

"A forgotten bay veteran."  The Baltimore Sun, 21 February 2001.


Other -

Notes from Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Biographical Series) MSA SC 3520-1567, 02/11/11/14

Maryland State Archives COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Correspondence) MSA S658-1, 2/67/6/49.
        Request for 100 Protest Blanks, from Charles Estes, notary public of Chestertown, 10 December 1887.
        Receipt for 100 Protest Blanks signed by Estes, 13 December 1887.
        (Note:  a Protest was a sworn declaration that payment of a note or bill had been refused and that all responsible signers or debtors were liable for the resulting
        loss or damage; or a declaration made especially before or while paying that a tax was illegal and that payment was not voluntary.  From Merriam-Webster
        on-line.)

Mayor and Council of Easton vs. J. Frank Turner et al.  Court of Appeals of Maryland.  117 Md. 111; 83 A. 42; 1912 Md. LEXIS 87.

W. Scott Way vs. J. Frank Turner.  Court of Appeals of Maryland.  127 Md. 327; 96 A. 676; 1916 Md. LEXIS 21.


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